The Director for ‘Doctor Strange’ Has Said That People Shouldn’t Go to the Movies
By George Robbins
Movie theaters and the film industry in general have been receiving a lot of attention as of late because they have all been trying to get theaters opened up. Not only have theaters themselves been trying to open but the film industry has been trying to open them as well so that they could finally release their films for people to watch. This has led to many studios trying to pick dates where they could release their films in-line with when theater chains reopen their doors for the public. Now that major chains like AMC and Regal have reopened wherever they are allowed to, studios can now push to get the earliest release dates for their films. This is how we are now ending up with people going out to the movies properly for the first time since the pandemic began.
Even though I say that people can properly go out to the movies, they really don’t have that much free reign in the grand scheme of things. This is because there are now a large number of limitations in place that are there to make sure that many people are not together in the same place at the same time. One of the biggest restrictions that theaters have placed on them currently is the capacity rules that change based upon number of screens and size of the theaters themselves. As a result a lot fewer people will be able to go to the movies at once, but this isn’t stopping theaters or movie studios. The biggest example of this is ‘Tenet‘ which is having its international release this week and next week, it will release in select theaters in the U.S.
The way that ‘Tenet’ is releasing is a direct result of the pandemic causing theaters to reopen their doors later than they originally anticipated. Director Christopher Nolan wanted his movie to be one of the first ones to be available when theaters eventually reopened their doors and it now seems like his wish will come true. Unfortunately, due to how poorly the pandemic is being handled in the U.S., the movie will not release in the U.S. first like originally intended and will instead release first internationally. It was very quickly decided by the studio that they would wait longer to release the movie in the U.S, but that waiting period ended up being a week later. This is something that has a lot of people rightfully worried and not just here but all over.
Even though there is still a massive amount of risk involved with going out to the movies, studios and theaters want to get back into proper business again. This has prompted some to speak up about going back out to theaters and the effect this will have on people moving forward. ‘Doctor Strange‘ director Scott Derrickson has recently taken to social media in a bid to try and prevent people from going out to the movies. Short and sweet he simply said that people should not go out to the movies at this time as it is too dangerous even with restrictions in place. This view is one that is shared by many who believe people should not be going back out to theaters so soon. So now the question crops up as to exactly what is the plan moving forward and should people be allowed to go out to theaters again so soon.